Micro Firewall Appliance, Mini PC, OPNsense, Untangle, VPN, Router PC, Intel N5105, HUNSN RJ03, AES-NI, 4 x Intel 2.5GbE I226-V LAN, Type-C, TF, M.2 WiFi 6 Slot, 8G RAM, 64G SSD

Got >1gbps internet service but didnt want to use the xfinitys router. Was skeptical of this thing, but it worked great. Installed opnsense and everything pretty much just worked.

I was surprised to see that PFSense 2.6.0 was installed, but I wiped the drive and did a fresh install of PFSense. Setup was easy and getting it online just took minutes. My old router needed to be rebooted every couple of weeks, Im hopeful this firewall setup will be more stable!

I purchased the Mini PC in February 2023 and although I initially faced some issues with the RAM and the wrong type of drives (I got NVMes after seeing another review), the overall experience has been excellent. The customer service was prompt and helpful in resolving my concerns. Im running PFSense 2.6.0, and its performing remarkably well.

I purchased 16 GB this RAM: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B8NTKC19/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s01?ie=UTF8&th=1

Purchased for use with pfsense. In reply to the single three star review saying you cant install pfsense: The current 2.6 Community Edition (CE) does not support the new intel i226 NIC used in this box, however the latest version of pfsense+ does and can be upgraded to for free from the community edition. Its a bit of a pain, but youll need a USB NIC to act as a temporary WAN to allow 2.6 to fully boot, then upgrade to pfsense+ at which time the internal i226 NIC will be recognized and work as expected.

Had 2 sticks of 16gb each laying around and installed them to see if it would boot and no issues to report, working flawlessly .

Used this to make a router. Works great - does Quality of Service at better then GB speeds.

If youre looking for a future-proof firewall box with 2.5Gbe support and better CPU performance than branded box, this is a great budget option for home/small business.

Setting this up as a router with OPNsense and AT&T Fiber internet. I did not know this until after but there is a compatibility issue with the Intel I225-V nic and one of the gateways that AT&T Fiber uses for GPON/ONT setups (Pace 5268AC). It will not negotiate at all and is essentially dead. This can be worked around by placing a switch between the gateway and this device.

Original review - Would not boot as far as I could tell. No video out on VGA or HDMI. No splash screen, no POST message, no BIOS setup, nothing. It beeps if you try to start it with no RAM, but thats it. The power button also appears to do nothing. Short press, long press, double press, no effect. Its just always lit whenever the unit has power.